Stacey Lynn returns with upcoming release This Time Around. After my husband died, I was certain I'd never be able to give my heart, or my body, to another man. Then Cooper Hawke sauntered his way onto my ranch one summer and flipped my world upside down. As hard as I tried to keep my distance, he chipped down my walls, one broken brick at a time. I was falling in love with him, knowing he'd leave me, and there was nothing I could do to stop it.